System, Networking, & LAN/WAN Management
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Add ComparisonThe locations with the highest concentration of System, Networking, & LAN/WAN Management degree recipients are Millcreek, UT, Palos Hills, IL, and Shelbyville, TN. The locations with a relatively high number of System, Networking, & LAN/WAN Management degree recipients are Shelbyville, TN, Morrison, IL, and McAlester, OK. The most common degree awarded to students studying System, Networking, & LAN/WAN Management is a bachelors degree.
Information about the types of higher education institutions that grant degrees in System, Networking, & LAN/WAN Management and the types of students that study this field. Western Governors University awards the most degrees in System, Networking, & LAN/WAN Management in the US, but Tennessee College of Applied Technology-Shelbyville and Morrison Institute of Technology have the highest percentage of degrees awarded in System, Networking, & LAN/WAN Management.
Tuition costs for System, Networking, & LAN/WAN Management majors are, on average, $5,566 for in-state public colleges, and $28,809 for out of state private colleges.
The most common sector, by number of institutions, that offers System, Networking, & LAN/WAN Management programs are Public, 2-year institutions (61 total). The most common sector, by number of degrees awarded, is Public, 2-year (878 completions).
The most common sector, by number of degrees awarded in System, Networking, & LAN/WAN Management, is Public, 2-year (878 completions).
The following chart shows the share of universities that offer System, Networking, & LAN/WAN Management programs, by the total number of completions, colored and grouped by their sector.
Western Governors University has the most System, Networking, & LAN/WAN Management degree recipients, with 313 degrees awarded in 2020.
The following bar chart shows the state tuition for the top 5 institutions with the most degrees awarded in System, Networking, & LAN/WAN Management.
Out of all institutions that offer System, Networking, & LAN/WAN Management programs and have at least 5 graduates in those programs, Tennessee College of Applied Technology-Shelbyville has the highest percentage of degrees awarded in System, Networking, & LAN/WAN Management, with 19.8%.
This map shows the counties in the United States colored by the highest number of degrees awarded in System, Networking, & LAN/WAN Management by year.
This map shows the counties in the United States colored by the highest growth in degrees awarded for System, Networking, & LAN/WAN Management.
Information on the businesses and industries that employ Computer and Information Sciences and Support Services graduates and on wages and locations for those in the field.
The average salary for Computer and Information Sciences and Support Services majors is $102,980 and the most common occupations are Software developers, Computer occupations, all other, and Computer programmers.
The industry that employs the most Computer and Information Sciences and Support Services majors is Computer Systems Design, though the highest paying industry, by average wage, is Internet publishing, broadcasting & web search portals.
The average salary for Computer and Information Sciences and Support Services majors is $102,980 and the most common occupations are Software developers, Computer occupations, all other, and Computer programmers.
This chart shows the average annual salaries of the most common occupations for Computer and Information Sciences and Support Services majors.
This map shows the public use micro areas (PUMAs) in the United States colored by the average salary of Computer and Information Sciences and Support Services majors.
Note that the census collects information tied to where people live, not where they work. It is possible that Computer and Information Sciences and Support Services majors live and work in the same place, but it is also possible that they live and work in two different places.
The most common occupations Computer and Information Sciences and Support Services majors, by number of employees, are Software developers, Computer occupations, all other, and Computer programmers.
Compared to other majors, there are an unusually high number of Computer and Information Sciences and Support Services majors working as Computer and information research scientists, Software developers, and Computer programmers.
The highest paid occupations by median income for Computer and Information Sciences and Support Services majors are Magnetic resonance imaging technologists, Nuclear medicine technologists and medical dosimetrists, and Physicians.
The number of Computer and Information Sciences and Support Services graduates in the workforce has been growing at a rate of 5.06%, from 1.96M in 2019 to 2.06M in 2020.
The largest single share of Computer and Information Sciences and Support Services graduates go on to work as Software developers (21.1%). This chart shows the various jobs filled by those with a major in Computer and Information Sciences and Support Services by share of the total number of graduates.
The most common industries that employ Computer and Information Sciences and Support Services majors, by number of employees, are Computer Systems Design, Colleges, universities & professional schools, including junior colleges, and Management, scientific & technical consulting services.
The highest paying industries of Computer and Information Sciences and Support Services majors, by average wage, are Internet publishing, broadcasting & web search portals, Other consumer goods rental, and Other information services, except libraries & archives, & internet publishing & broadcasting & web search portals.
The number of Computer and Information Sciences and Support Services graduates in the workforce has been growing at a rate of 5.06%, from 1.96M in 2019 to 2.06M in 2020.
The industry which employs the most Computer and Information Sciences and Support Services graduates by share is Computer Systems Design, followed by Colleges, universities & professional schools, including junior colleges. This visualization shows the industries that hire those who major in Computer and Information Sciences and Support Services.
This map shows the public use micro areas (PUMAs) in the United States where there are a relatively high population of Computer and Information Sciences and Support Services majors.
Note that the census collects information tied to where people live, not where they work. It is possible that Computer and Information Sciences and Support Services majors live and work in the same place, but it is also possible that they live and work in two different places.
Demographic information for those who earn a degree in Computer and Information Sciences and Support Services in the United States.
The average age of a person in the workforce with a degree in Computer and Information Sciences and Support Services is 40.5.
The most common degree type these workers hold is a Bachelors Degree. Male employees are more likely to hold Computer and Information Sciences and Support Services degrees, and White students are the most common race/ethnicty group awarded degrees in Computer and Information Sciences and Support Services (1,127 students).
This chart shows distribution of ages for employees with a degree in Computer and Information Sciences and Support Services. The most common ages of employees with this major are 35 and 36 years old, which represent 3.56% and 3.43% of the population, respectively.
The most common degree types awarded to students graduating in System, Networking, & LAN/WAN Management are Bachelors Degree, Associates Degree, and 1 to 2 Year Postsecondary Certificate.
The most common degree types held by the working population in Computer and Information Sciences and Support Services are Bachelors Degree, Masters Degree, and Doctorate degree.
This chart shows the granted degrees by sex at the 5 institutions that graduate the most students in System, Networking, & LAN/WAN Management.
This chart shows the number of degrees awarded in System, Networking, & LAN/WAN Management for each race & ethnicity. White students earned the largest share of the degrees with this major.
This chart illustrates the differences by sex for each race & ethnicity of Bachelors Degree recipients in System, Networking, & LAN/WAN Management. White Male students, who earn most of the degrees in this field, are the most common combination of race/ethnicity and sex.
There are a relatively high number of people that were born in India that hold Computer and Information Sciences and Support Services degrees (5.28 times more than expected), and the most common country of origin by total numbers for non-US students earning a degree in this field is India (239,262 degree recipients).
Data on the critical and distinctive skills necessary for those working in the System, Networking, & LAN/WAN Management field from the Bureau of Labor Statistics. System, Networking, & LAN/WAN Management majors need many skills, but most especially Reading Comprehension. The revealed comparative advantage (RCA) shows that System, Networking, & LAN/WAN Management majors need more than the average amount of Operation Monitoring, Troubleshooting, and Equipment Maintenance.
These two visualizations, one a radial chart and one a bar chart, show the same information, a rating of how necessary the following skills are for System, Networking, & LAN/WAN Management majors. Toggle between "value" and "RCA" to see the absolute rating of that skill (value) and the revealed comparative advantage (RCA), or how much greater or lesser that skill's rating is than the average. The longer the bar or the closer the line comes to the circumference of the circle, the more important that skill is. The importance of Operation Monitoring is very distinctive for majors, but the Reading Comprehension, Critical Thinking, and Active Listening are the three most important skills for people in the field.